State Approaches to Improving Healthcare Access

A Seminar on Health Insurance Reform in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont

December 6, 2007  9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
University of New England
Westbrook College Campus
Ludcke Auditorium [directions]

The lack of health insurance coverage is a growing issue that demands attention.  This seminar is a follow-up seminar on state approaches to expanding access to health insurance coverage in New England. It will provide a unique opportunity to disseminate and discuss information on different models of health care improvement currently underway in Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont. 

Presenters

Massachusetts

• Rosemarie Day, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
• Insurance Connector Authority (invited)
  
• TBA

Maine: 

• Trish Riley, Director, Governor’s Office of Health Policy and Finance
• Karynlee Harrington, Executive Director, DirigoHealth Agency
• U.S. Representative Tom Allen
• Senator Susan Collins

Vermont:

• Susan Besio,Ph.D., Directorof Health Care Reform Implementation
• Lisa Watkins, MD Public Health Physician, Dept. of Health
  

Panel Members

• Wendy Wolf, MD, MPH, President/CEO, Maine Health Access Foundation
• James Hester, Ph.D., Director, Health Care Reform Commission for the Vermont State Legislature
• Kristine Ossenfort, Senior Government Affairs Specialist, Maine State Chamber of Commerce
• John McDonough, Ph.D., Executive Director, Health Care for All

2007 Policy Seminar Presentations

• Vermont Health Care Reform, presented by Susan W. Besio
• Vermont Blueprint for Health, presented by Lisa Dulsky Watkins
• Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector, presented by Rosemarie Day
• Dirigo Health Reform, presented by Trish Riley 

2006 Policy Seminar Presentations

• The Vermont Blueprint for Health: Addressing Chronic Disease, presented by Ellen Thompson
• Catamount Health, Vermont's Health Care Reform Plan, presented by Herbert W. Olson
• Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector, presented by Rosemarie Day
• Dirigo Health Reform: Cost, Quality and Access, presented by Lisa Miller and Trish Riley